A little creepy, but definitely super cool at the same time. The artist was the very interesting HR Giger.
Giger’s art has been described as “biomechanical,” as grotesque but erotic, and as the stuff of horrible nightmares.
This album was not the only one he did, though he actually did less than 10 total. In addition to groups with very fitting names like Danzig and Carcass, he also did one for Debbie Harry.
He’s probably best known, though, for the monster in Alien, for which he shared an Academy Award:
Hard to believe, but Emerson, Lake and Palmer were not a legal firm, but one of the preeminent prog rock bands out there. In fact, they were so prog that some of their stuff sounds like it really should be performed by a symphony in a concert hall. That style was especially appealing to me as I had grown up with classical music. Brain Salad Surgery wasn't for everyone, but it sure was popular with my 10th-grade self.
The group had a couple of other cool album covers:
May I present, Emerson, Palmer, and Lake:
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